Wrapped cigar.



M. WERTHBIMER.

WRAPPED GIGAR.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 18. 191s.

1,126,828. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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. mentation aieaaprn1s,ie1a^serial no. 'ref/.52100.V 'j' l To all whomitmay concern: l

Be it known that I, MrLToNUWERTHEIMER, c a rcitizen of the UnitedStates,

residing at Baltimore, infthe `State of Maryland, have inventedcertainznew ,and luseful Improvements in Wrapped .-Cigars, of which thefol-l lowing-is a specidcation. n

paper wrapperasafcovering for cigars'.

e accompanylng drawing illustrates the invention.

Figure i stwsiae'shar of the .wrapper or cover spread out at,'and a7cigar placed thereon atthe shorter edge readygto be cov-` ered byrolling.` IFiga@ shows the. appeart ance of a cigar and its cover in theiirst from each otherand :terminate at the longer longitudinal edge,l c.By this construction ends.r

i produce the desired ,stage-when the' cover has beenrolled around thecigar. Fig. 3v shows the second stage'in .which both ends of the coveraretwisted and project straight away `from the cigar Fig. 4' is a Aviewof a covered cigar iinished. y i v ,l

In order to attain the desired object and' result the wrapper or coverin the dat lblank must have the -articular outlineshape shown in Fig. lo the drawing. f v

Thewrapper may be made of any suitable length, and two end edges', d,both of which edge, away commence at the shorter longitudinal Z2, andextend in oblique-dlrections,

two acute angle points, e, are both formed by thev same longer edge, c,together with the two obliqueedges. The two angle points are. the onlyparts .of .the wrapper that project lbevond the ends of the clgar whenthe latter is completely enveloped. It will be seen the two anglepoints, e, are both at the opposite extremities of the longer edge, c,and this location of the two extreme points makes 'it possible, when thewrapper' has been rolled around the cigar as in Fig. 2, to twist saidpoints in the same direction.

r These wrappers may be applied to cigars by various proceedings; it maymake the operation clearly understood therefore by stating that inpractice it has been found preferable to apply these wrappers to cigarsThis invention'fjrelates .to an improvedmaterial such as soft paper, orthin woven* bly employing a machine designed for that purpose. l 1

In order to envelop a cigar, F, in this Wrapper, according to myinvention, the cigar should be placed on the iiat wrapper along theshorteiedge, I), as shown in Fig. l, and then the cigar and'wrapperbothrolled toward the longer edge, c, as indi'- cated by the dart, and bysuch rolling the cigar will be enveloped by its wrapper, A.

The relative condition of the cigar and the ends of the wrapperthatproject beyond the cigar ends atthis stage, is shown in Fig. 2'

of the drawing.

vg'lllhe rolling of the cigar and wrapper in the 'same directionshouldbe continued at this stage, and while rolling the operator4`...will grasp the two projecting ends of the wrapper designated, g,with the inigcrs of bothhands and hold said ends `iirmly while theWrapped cigar continues to revolve; the eii'ect of this action will bete twist both lprojecting ends in the same direction that the body hasbeen rolled, and said twisted ends, h, are tapered as shown in Fig. 3.V

The wrapper at this stage will be snugly fitted around the cigar.

`The twisted part of the ends, la., seen in Fig. 3, may then be curledto form a small bunch, as at, i, in Fig. 4, and the iiree er;n tremity,j, ofsaid twisted end may lie eX- posed' alongside of the said smallbunch. No further disposition is made of this eX- tremity. Neither atie,nor adhesive matter of any kind is used.

Cigars covered in this way are not only kept clean but in good conditionotherwise, by the wrapper. I have `1aed these paper wrappers also oncigars that were first covered-with tin foil, and then the paper wrapperof the shape herein shown put on over the tin foil in4 the mannerhereinbefore described. The claims hereinafter are intended o applywhether tin foil is used or not use When it is desired to `remove from acigara paper cover of the kind. herein shown and described,'a person mayuncurl the bunch, z',

at the ends and grasp the two twisted ex-- tremities and pull both inopposite directions at the same time; this pulling action will cause thewrapped cigar to revolve au-y tomatically in the direction reverse tothat of winding and in so doingthe twisted ends will unwind and thecover will at once loosen and separate :from the cigar.

v ished in a directlon away Having thusdescribed my invention what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A cigar packagecomprising a cigar and a wrapper therefor said wrapper hav ing alongitudinal edge that is longer than 'and extends lengthwise of thecigar and opposite end-edges which extend in directions whereby thewrappers length is diminfrom said longitudinal edge, said wrapper beingwound about the cigar and the projecting opposite end portions `of thewrapper being twisted in the same I whereby upon' pulling said twistedends the wrapper will unwind to release the cigar.

2. 'A cigar package comprising a c1gar and a wrapper `having twoside-edgesone oiwhich` is longer than the other and also longer than thecigar, and two end-edges that extend from opposite ends respectively ofthe longer side edge to the corresponding opposite ends of the shorterside edge, sai

wrapper being wound about the cigar and direction relative to the cigar,

having the opposite projecting ends of the longer edge twisted in thesame direction relative to the cigar whereby upon pullin said twistedends the wrapper will unwin to release the cigar.

3. A cigar package comprising .a cigar and a wrapper having a 'side-edgethat is longer than the4 cigar and extending in a direction lengthwiseof the cigar said wrapper also havingend-edges that extend from oppositeends of the longer side-edge and in a converging direction whereby togradu-

